Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Cyclopida > Family Cyclopidae > Subfamily Eucyclopinae

Eucyclops Claus, 1893

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eucyclops (Eucyclops) Kiefer, 1957
Eucyclops (Stygocyclops) Plesa, 1971

Literature

original description	Lindberg, K. (1958). Un Cyclopide (Crustacé Copépode) récolté par Monsieur Patrice Paulian dans l'île Amsterdam. Revue de la synonymie et de la répartition géographique des espèces du genre Paracyclops (C. Claus 1893). [A Cyclopid (Copepod Crustacean) collected by Mr. Patrice Paulian on Amsterdam Island. Review of the synonymy and geographical distribution of species of the genus Paracyclops (C. Claus 1893).]. Arkiv för Zoologi. n. ser. 11(20): 355-377, figs. 1-2. (14-iii-1958).
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Lindberg, K. (1939). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. I. [Cyclopida (Crustacea Copepods) of India. I.]. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 41(1):45-56, figs. 1-4, 2 tables (iii-1939).
additional source	Alekseev, V.R. (2024). Genera Eucyclops Claus, 1893, Isocyclops Kiefer, 1957 and Stygocyclops Pleša, 1971 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) Identification guide of the world fauna. In: Dumont, H.J.F. (ed.). Identification guides to the plankton and benthos of inland waters. Arthropoda Selecta Supplement No. 6, KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. 28:1-201.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
additional source	Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
additional source	Rylov, V.M. (1963). Freshwater Cyclopoida. Cyclopoida presnykh vod. Fauna of USSR, Crustacea. 3(3): i-vi, 1-314, figs. 1-79. ( Translation by Israel Program Scient. Trans. of Rylov, V.M. (1948). Cyclopoida presnyk vod. Cyclopoid fauna. Fauna SSSR Rakoobraznye, Moscow. 3(3):1-318, figs. 1-79.
additional source	Mercado-Salas, N. & E. Suárez-Morales. (2021). On the taxonomic status of some South American Eucyclops (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Eucyclopinae). Limnetica. 40(1):1-19.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1952). Copepoda Calanoida und Cyclopoida. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission H. Damas (1935-1936), Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge. 21: 1-136, figs. 1-192, A-H, tabs. 1-21.
additional source	Smyly, W.J.P. (1955). Seasonal variation in length of furcal rami in the subgenus Eucyclops (Cyclopidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)8:636-638. (viii-1955)
new combination reference	Alekseev, V.R. (2019). Revision of the genus Eucyclops (Claus, 1893) and subfamily Eucyclopinae of the world fauna. Arthropoda Selecta. 28(4):490-514.
taxonomy source	Novikov, A., D. Sharafutdinova, E. Abramova, T. Mayor & E. Chertoprud. (2025). An integrative approach to the delimitation of pseudocryptic species in the Eucyclops speratus complex (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) with a description of a new species. ZooKeys. 1226: 217-260.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Eucyclops Claus, 1893. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149781

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Eucyclops Claus, 1893. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1b2e4277-fff7-4003-8819-ada5023bfdbd